[HCARC] DXpedition to St. Peter and Paul Rocks (SPSP)

[W4wj at aol.com]

Hello to all you DXers out there...
 
The DXpedition to the uninhabited island group of St. Peter  and Paul Rocks
is now on the air until Nov 22nd.  The island group is  located in the 
South Atlantic ocean
which is a good shot from Texas.  Since this is a  DXpedition they should 
be very active and
easily workable from here.  If you will check this web  site:
 
_http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx_ (http://www.dxsummit.fi/DxSpots.aspx) 
 
you will be able to see spots for the PT0S gang, and possibly  have a shot 
at a quick QSO.
 
I mention this operation because this "country" does not  appear on the air 
that often since
it is uninhabited, and may be years before it is available  again.
 
GOOD LUCK...   and you can read a bit more about the  operation below.
 
 
73
Don
W4WJ
 
 
PT0S Team on the Rocks, One Station QRV (11-11-2012 from AA7JV)

Nov  11, 2012, St. Peter and St. Paul

We landed on SPSP yesterday morning.  After many difficulties we have
raised our main antenna and have one station  operational. Spent last
night on 160 with mixed results. Local noise on the  main TX antenna is
S9+10 dB and we can only work stations with signals above  that. It is
like listening to the output of a switching power supply. Will  try to
build RX antenna today. Conditions are too rough to build the  planned
remote RX antenna. We must wait for calmer conditions to swim to  the
remote rock called Cabral.

We have very limited Internet access so  updates will be kept short.

AA7JV
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DX IS!